Aramaic NT Parallel English Translations

 5:1 Be therefore imitators of Aloha, as beloved children;

 5:1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children:

 5:2 and walk in love, as the Meshiha also loved us, and delivered himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to Aloha of a fragrant smell.

 5:2 and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.

 5:3 ¶ BUT fornication and all uncleanness and covetousness, let them not be even heard among you, as it becometh the saints;

 5:3 But whoredom, and all impurity, and avarice let them not be at all heard of among you, as it becometh the saints;

 5:4 neither filthiness, nor words of folly, or of jeering, or fables, which are not necessary, but, instead of these, thanksgiving.

 5:4 Neither obscenities, nor words of folly, or of division, or of scurrility, which are not useful; but instead of these, thanksgiving.

 5:5 But this know, that any man who is a fornicator, or impure, or covetous, or an idolater, hath no inheritance in the kingdom of the Meshiha and of Aloha;

 5:5 For this know ye, that every man who is a whoremonger, or impure, or avaricious, or a worshipper of idols, hath no inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

 5:6 lest any man deceive you with vain words; for because of these cometh the anger of Aloha upon the sons of disobedience.

 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words; for it is on account of these things that the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.

 5:7 Be not, therefore, participators with them.

 5:7 Therefore be ye not like them.

 5:8 For you were before darkness, but now you are light in our Lord. As the sons of light, then, so walk.

 5:8 For ye were heretofore darkness, but now are ye light in our Lord: therefore, as the children of light, so walk ye.

 5:9 For the fruits of the light are in all goodness and rectitude and truth.

 5:9 For the fruits of the light are in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth.

 5:10 And be discerning of that which is good before our Lord.

 5:10 And search out what is pleasing before our Lord:

 5:11 And have no communion with the works of darkness, which have no fruits, but reprove them.

 5:11 And have no commerce with the works of darkness which are unfruitful, but reprove them.

 5:12 For that which in secrecy they do it is execrable even to mention.

 5:12 For the things they do in secret, it is nauseous even to mention.

 5:13 For every thing is exposed by the light, and is revealed, and whatever revealeth is light.

 5:13 For all things are exposed and made manifest by the light: and whatever maketh manifest, is light.

 5:14 Wherefore it is said, Awake thou who sleepest, And arise from the dead, And the Meshiha shall enlighten thee.

 5:14 Wherefore it is said: Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and the Messiah will illuminate thee.

 5:15 See then that you walk vigilantly, not as fools,

 5:15 See therefore, that ye walk circumspectly; not like the simple,

 5:16 but as the wise who redeem their opportunity, because the days are evil.

 5:16 but like the wise, who purchase their opportunity; because the days are evil.

 5:17 On account of this, be not wanting in mind, but understand what is the will of Aloha.

 5:17 Therefore, be not lacking in understanding; but understand ye what is the pleasure of God.

 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, in which is intemperance, but be filled with the Spirit.

 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness; but be ye filled with the spirit.

 5:19 And discourse with yourselves with psalms and with hymns and with songs of the Spirit, singing with your hearts unto the Lord.

 5:19 And converse with yourselves in psalms and hymns; and with your hearts sing to the Lord, in spiritual songs.

 5:20 And give thanks always on behalf of every man in the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha unto Aloha the Father.

 5:20 And give thanks to God the Father, at all times, for all men, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

 5:21 And be subject one to another in the love of the Meshiha.

 5:21 And be submissive one to another, in the love of the Messiah.

 5:22 ¶ WIVES, be subject to your husbands as to our Lord.

 5:22 Wives, be ye submissive to your husbands, as to our Lord.

 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as the Meshiha is the head of the church, and he himself is the Saviour of the body.

 5:23 Because the husband is the head of the wife, even as the Messiah is the head of the church; and he is the vivifier of the body.

 5:24 But as the church is subject to Meshiha, so also (should) wives be unto their husbands in every thing.

 5:24 And as the church is subject to the Messiah, so also let wives be to their husbands in all things.

 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, as also the Meshiha loved his church, and gave himself for her,

 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as the Messiah loved his church, and delivered himself up for it;

 5:26 that he might sanctify her and purify her in the laver of waters and by the word,

 5:26 that he might sanctify it, and cleanse it, by the washing of water, and by the word;

 5:27 and that he might constitute her a church unto himself, being glorified, and not having blemish or wrinkle or any thing like these; but to be holy and spotless.

 5:27 and might constitute it a glorious church for himself, in which is no stain, and no wrinkle, and nothing like them; but that it might be holy and without blemish.

 5:28 So it becometh husbands to love their wives, as their own bodies. For he who his wife loveth, himself he loveth.

 5:28 It behooveth men so to love their wives, as [they do] their own bodies. For he that loveth his wife loveth himself.

 5:29 For no man ever hated his own body, but nourisheth it, and taketh care of it; so also the Meshiha (taketh care) of the church.

 5:29 For no one ever hated his own body; but nourisheth it, and provideth for it, even as the Messiah the church.

 5:30 For we are members of his body, and of his flesh are we, and of his bones.

 5:30 For we are members of his body and of his flesh, and of his bones.

 5:31 Because of this a man leaveth his father and his mother, and cleaveth unto his wife, and they two become one flesh.

 5:31 For this reason, a man should quit his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife; and the two should be one flesh.

 5:32 This mystery is great; but I speak of the Meshiha and of his church.

 5:32 This is a great mystery; but I am speaking of the Messiah, and of his church.

 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you so love his wife as his own self; but let the wife reverence her husband.

 5:33 Nevertheless, let each of you severally so love his wife, even as himself: and let the wife reverence her husband.